Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will top the list of leaders attending the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting next week after the withdrawal of President Donald Trump.
The U.S. president canceled his trip to the annual gathering of global financial elites because of the government shutdown, which is now the longest in the nation’s history. The U.S. delegation will include Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Brazil’s recently sworn-in President Jair Bolsonaro will attend, as will U2 frontman Bono and Britain’s Prince William. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon and hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio will also be there.
The gather at a time when investors are questioning the outlook for the world economy and increasingly linking the prospects for its expansion to geopolitical events such as trade wars and Brexit.
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